A Touch of Cerise

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A colourful note: the colour name cerise comes from the French word for cherry, cerise. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first recorded use of cerise as a colour name in English was in The Times newspaper in 1858.

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Raewyn's Photos says:

January 25, 2016 at 19:16

Great find Debbie

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BellyBytes says:

January 25, 2016 at 05:15

Love the pink!

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76sanfermo says:

January 24, 2016 at 21:31

I love to know all these details about colours!

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